Job 42:2
I know that thou canst do every thing, And that no purpose of thine can be hindered.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
In Context
1Then Job answered Jehovah, and said:
Cross References
Psalms 44:21Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my sitting-down and my rising-up; Thou understandest my thoughts from afar!
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatever God doeth, that shall be for ever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it; and God doeth it that men may fear before him.
Isaiah 43:13Even from the beginning of time I have been He, And none can rescue from my hand; I undertake, and who can hinder?
Jeremiah 17:10I, Jehovah, search the heart, And try the reins, To give to every man according to his ways, And according to the fruit of his doings.
Matthew Henry on Job 42:2-7
Job's Humble Confession. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and… Read the whole commentary →